The Sun. — London, England, 1826-10-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL S, The Manchester Journalists, encircled as they are with proofs itteontrovertible of a decline in the pros perity of their manufacturing neighbours, fight hard to, persuade the world and Ires that nothing rious is <amiss with Manchester, but that idl will soon he as smoky and lucrative as ever. When a patient far •goile in consumption Was asked by his Physician, how do you feet yourself?": ." Oh, - inplear friend, ms stroi g. as a lion,' was the answer. " There is no- Ahing the matter with me but this teasing cotigh."— _,ILSO ,are.:we assured by the gootb,natured sceptics of Lancashire, that all would be as it should be 'with their looms and steam-engines, but for this " con founded glut." It is the " glut" that paralyzed the homeimarket of England, and stored, at the sanie time, the export of her cottons. ea, and the same glut which now, in its re-action, doubles or quadru pies the demand for raw cotton from this country to .the continent of Europe, leaving the English walt— z houses , chock full of urtealled-for and and unsaleable cloths: A gentleman just returned from France, we t i_re toll, talks largely of thcvarioua disadvantages un j,fir which the manufacture of- that country labours twat machinery costs more, than, in England—fuel more---and the cotton-cloth itself aligher price than English goods of the same quality when manufactured. Hence it is pretty confidently asserted that the trench cannot, for the present at least, become very formid able rivals of our cc untryntem Now, as these argu inentS or facts arc professedly directed against the course ()I' opinion which has long -been held by :the jonnial, we may, Without incurring i charge of offensivencyi, Observe, that France alone wits never `4ieiht out b\ us as a fearful competitor. to Eatgland in - TtiOtigit malets generally. Our statement wasthis.:— rtigland titrove by siipplyins the greater portion' of the W;,)rld with her merehandizes;.but foreign countries have of been hinting their own industry to the sa tisfaction of their own wants, and therefOre, though none among them should aim at setting up a rival ex port against that of England, such a degree of . suc cess aa i tnight,no; more than enable each of them to' manufacture for herself alone. would, in it,: aggregate' results; tatal to the manufarturinx el - J:141'11V (11' • I retit B r it a in. Without going, thereforr, into Kicts• ive have not the alit : ll°66e,, di It moment near.o4,:it is quite suffieient that France Alioald be. advaficinvowarde ii , capiiaity of manuilieturing for her self; and still more, that Germany and Flanders should be, as they have been, proceeding rapidly' along the same high, road of industry, to establish the position disputed , by the men of , iVfan shester, `that - each and all of these countries are taking from „ E . ngland a large portion' of her profita— ' namely., 1 4 ,.. 1 :405e which she had derived from fur nishing their COrlsuiners with articles of the mine na ture, which they have begun for two or three years past, to find , manufactured . at their own doors with English machines, put in motion by English preeep .toni., It has been Said .4 a London 'contemporary, that the glnt of, raw cotton in England, and its conse quent :reduction of price, have induced the French merchant to purchase, now that the cost is low,, a por tion of that article of which, when it. was high, and wiaile this country was buying en ; speculation an un due share of it, he, had suffered .his stock in hand to run :oils. This theory not borne out, as we can learn, by any attainable' evidence. if the dispropor tioned acctiroulation of raw cotton :in England . had Iftwered pitetaniv the price of the here, it WOuld be nittairalior the French merchant to replenish his stock from Britiaii warehouses. Flow happens it then, that by the most recent accounts from Havre, announcing a deify increase of imported cotton for the supply of the mantifactories established near Rouen- 7 -it is nut' England, but North America, -whence thOse cargoes. have been drawn, exceeding in the course oflast week 7,000 bags in. quantity ?.. It is admitted, indeed, that " the manufactures of other countries have been advancing, and . are likely'to ad- Yance,":which is really the whole psiint at issue. We have contended; that from fixed and inherent causes, the manufaCtures of other countries have increased, at the .expenert and to the detriment of those of England —and thai'thb process, 'Unfavourable, to our country, is more likely, to tie accelerated , than 'obstrticted. If we had asserted tc a recent and sudden start" in the eetablialmieuts of other !nanufacturing nations, . we should still have had grounds i'rt which 'to justify such a statement ; inasmuch as the i o cation of paper money;' and the inordinate spirit of adventiaro an 4 spe culation ayhieli it eacourageci, had spread the preuce of the English: loom over the world, and everywhere lowered the-price of i.t ; thus retardiMr, so far • as the thing could be checked, the efforts of foreign maim facturersito supply their owii markets. The contrac tion, therefore, of. ,our . paper—the discouragement of Adventure, and the dinuniihed production which have since taken place in thia . country, would actually go far to account for that " recent and sudden starts in the manufacturing_estahlisinents .of other nations, which we are. charged with having affirmed on weak , and invalid:premises. We have no 'objection, we re peat, to lee Great Britain less exclusively a den of smoke, Premisins labiMr, and multitudinous .Wretch edness, even tho Ugh fOreign manufacturers were to sue meal in adorning their persons by the work of Flemish, French, or German hands, rather than by those of squalid English childrena---Titnes. ,Some amusing symptinris of alarm are. already be git,nl4.:is, to mnauifest themselves among the scribbling agent:-J the Treasury.' -They are already beginning to depreekteahe anger and itioth the anxieties which they emit:4l)oe frorthe'diselosiire of the approaching quarter's reverie are hustli ng a n d i m p or t una t e . in claiming relk a. e t mind gratitude for what the Mini sters did (they foCaet ao remind their readers that »pelled by Parliament to - they went co l do what they did) four or five years ago, but they are cautiously silent as to the large proookes held out by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer stt th e commeneetnent of the I as to the way ;ill which those pro present year; ain wises have been .observed. p op „e whenare yery (Rm . th e i r C.noUgh ning; but,they are not cunt, I We really wo!ot ,BLIVUO- them object througa. -nation • w e to be silent till - the' proper season of 'cap». • ts, not shall wait patiently fOr that thne,. and then fas. • the real state ot !he pompous words, must show what case. Those persons who attached a ny considerable imPontuice'to.the establishment of branch banks from the Bank of England will be voted to learn, that ex cept at Mini:ester, not one seems likely to be for some time in a course of effective action. The Manchester Bank, which wee Opened with so much note of prepa ration, ia, itaippearaa in a State of lamentable confusion. Young inexperienced:clerks, (for the sake of eheaper salaries') were tent down to manage the new cOncern : the consequence was 'a total want of systematic ar rangrrtent and dispatch - They wera foreed to' send to tganoiiter for the manager At that place, in ort4r to put them iii train It is understood That more efficient agents must he employed forthwith, or the maehinit will not work. In consequence, it is alleged, of the difficulty thus experienced at Manchester, the prepa rations which were very forward for starting a branch bank at Swansea are fir the present suspended.- INleantime we are pleased to record an instance of proved management in the parent establishment in Threadneedle. street. The old plan of obliging all holders of draughts on the Bank to go through the proeess . of application to two or three places before the draughts were cashed, has been abandoned, as so irksome a plan ought to have been long ago ; and now every draught is cashed at once, whether in notes or gold, in the same way as at private bankers.— Times. 'REvINUE.---The state of the Revenue for the last Three Quarters is as fiYllows, viz.:— Quarter ended bth Jan. 1826 4:1 1 4.,310,471 sth April, 1826 9,07,332 sth July, 1826 11,80(1,373 The fiiihming statement ,:shows the deficiency, as compared with the same periods of the former Year : Qr, ended: X X Deficiency. sth Jan. 1825, 13,508,87;3 1826, 12,340,474 X 1,168,399 sth Apr. 1825, :10,461,539 1826, 9,637,388 824,157 .sth July, - 1825, 12,417,921 1826, 11,900,373 647,508. Total ,Deficiency. of Revenue, in. the. Three last Quarters of this Year, as compared with the • Corresponding Quarters of the -het • ~,...X2,640,101 The deficiency of Revenue, for This Year, as com pared with the Chancellor's Estimate, we will not at present allude to, mull we see the produce of the pre sent Quarter ; Intt it will, be, Very , considerable, and must be made good by loan, or by taking the amount from the Sinking Fund... This will not be the only finandial , case . of the year, as a Loan must lie made to provide for thepayment of the future Naval and tart' Pensions ;' the payments from . the.Bank ceasing in April, 1828, for the Annuitypurchased 0f580,000/. for forty-five years. • •The sum required to discharge these pensions will be - 5,900,000/., which, together with a deficiency of Revenue, estimated at ‘4,700,0004 tot the Year, would. require eight millions to be pro vided. We would ask,, therefore, the Chancellor of' the Exchequer, where, then, is hifi boasted Sinking Fund to operate' as diminution of debt ? And whe ther he must not take the whole ofit, or have recourse. to another of Dead Weight imuity to the public? The Km k lots alread. issued, .sial will issue ; by April. IS7-?8, thilte(tht millions, of the paper it is allowed, It±; its monopoly, to ,create, for an Annuity of 580,0001., part Of the Dead' Weight Annuity of 2,800,060/..'.86' that the sell 2220,000/.- . of Annuity ; or, in Other words, to create 4 New 14an for fitly millions at least ; and however: this may startle , the public,' it-is fact. This is Mr. Robinson's way of diminishing Debt. If' he chooses to reply , to this, we shall be happy to meet him most . ftjny, On the: . subject. Facts are stubborn Morizing Chronicle. We 'understand. that ,the Editor of The Gl.sgotv Free Press had. an interview, on Tuesday, with the Chancellor of 'the Exchequer, for the purpose of in , quiring'whether any, and what measures, were intend ed to be taken by Government, to relieve the distresses of the Manufacturing Operatives of the West of Scot land. Mi. Robinson, in the course of his remarks, paid a high compliment to the excellent conduct of the . Mannfacturing Population of Scotland, in the midst of their privations ; of which, he said, Govern ment were . deeply sensible. Certain measures were in contemplation for their relief; but it would be impro per and premature to mention what those measures were, as interested speculators might take advantage of their' Publicity. He allowed that the average nett amount 'of the duty on Printed Goods was not more than 400,0001.; while the amount collected was up wards of 1,200,000/. But he declined, for the rea sons already, mentioned, to state what were his inten tions regarding this Tax. The tenor, however, of his observations, wit; decidedly enoouraging to the Mann factilring Interests.r—Morning Chronicle. Some 'of those who profess to be better informed than the greater part of the world, but who, in fact, generally turn out to know less, would have us believe that Ministers mean to be neuter on the subject of the Corn Laws, and to leave it, as the question of the Slave Trade formerly, to be fought out by the respec tive eombatants, the landed and manufacturing inte rests, while they stand by ready to side with the vie tors,, We cannot, for a moment, suppose that any Government could act so puerile and imbecile a part as that which is thus assigned them. The subject is one of Vital importance to the whole community ; and surely , it is, irreconcilable with the duty of those to whom, the interests of that community are confided," that they should for a moment hesitate in taking the lead hi 'whatever is proposed relative to a matter of' So mo mptous ai nature. v or our own parts we are sorry to se e so Inoch excitement unnecessarily stirred up upon a subject in which calmness is so essential to a right conclusion ; and that by means of so large a pro portion of false premises and erroneous reasoning, In fact, at least one-half the writers upon this subject seem to have no other object but the most unwise and inflammatory one, of doing all in their power to create and widen a breach between these two parties in the state, Whose interests and whose views, it rightly eon templatad, ere and must be the same. , It is the obvi-. ous policy and duty of the Government to reconcile, not to widen these differences; and therefore, when we are told that they mean to take no part in the question, it is tantamount to telling us, as far as it goes, that they mean to desert their duty just at the moment when a greater vigour , oecision, and watch fulness, is called for. That many of the great land owners have been, and are doing, every thing in their power to injure their own cause, is most apparent. fhe conduct of many of them as Magistrates, their detestable Game Laws, their selfishness and unfeeling ness towards their tenantry and the bulk of the agricul tural labourers, are all proofs of their bigoted ignorance MS to what are their trite interests. But it is the duty of the Government, for the sake of the community, to see them righted in spite of themselves ; the vessel of the State must be safely navigated,,though part of the crew TR W - z be unfit for their stations. The question of the Corn Laws has &ways, appeared to us to lie in a vary narrow compass . The grower of corn and hay, the breeder of sheep, calves, and rased, is just as much a merchant and manufacturer as any other per scaarrn carry Oil hett his r l s ,u t s l ii a l t ess ap t r w ell m at ut ion d ; er a i n ve d f t r o on e i na it bl a e fa h i i r m at t u o i reaonali)e profit : and if the taxed cotton and silk ma nuf; l ,?,turer cif this country requires a protecting duty to enrible ii2: . !l to eotivete with the comparatively un taxed manufactu:M of commodities elsewhere, surely the grower or Coro, who bears a still greater proportion of the Borne lodens, is entitled to the same protection in his business. T tot, manaleturers, ou w ill not " c} so," say the sell ,Aretip bread, let us have it from aluotel. It • us i „s. is true tne ntere of the national debt , the poor rates, and the other public burdens, must he Paid, and pr i tic i pally. iv you, th e owners and occupiers of land ; and though we cannot, for the very same reason, sell you our cottons or our silks half se cheap as you might. otherwise have them, vet we expect you to sell us, your corn as cheap as if no public burdens existed." This, if not the reason ing, is the result of the reasoning used upon the occa sion. That it is erroneous, inconclusive, and unjust, need not be pointed out, we should imagine, to any man Of mbderate penetration. And is the Govern ment so cowar dly, or are its adherents so base and time-serving, as to have us believe that it will take no part in a question of this nature ? that it will leave the most important interests in the community to be the victims of their 'own delusion, and 'of the interested designs of inflammatory demagogues, rather than ,step in and set at rest, by its legitimate influence, a ques tiyn at once of so obvious and so important a nature ? The simple fact is, that there must be a fair protect the iniportation of foreig n corn. What ing duty on the amount of that duty ought to be is the real and the only question. Th a t is the question which Mini sters' ought to be able to meet. It is to them the country has a right to look as arbiters upon the ques tion ; and by the time Parliament assemble, we trust they will be, so well prepared upon the subject as to be able to put it stop to gall angry contention, by stat ing views, and principles, and facts, which will he too plain, authentic, and 'convincing, to admit of cavil or dispute.—Morning Herald. The laudable efforts of Mr. Peel to improve the Criminal Code of dila country will secure him a repu- - tation when,the little intrigues of Cabinets are forgot ten. We trust he Will not be afraid of innovation, where he ascertains :that he'cati produce improvement —or be satisfied with 'a partial ;reformation,, when he has it in hia peiwei. to . achie've a Coinplete one. We do not find fault with the circumsp ec ti on w i t h, w hi c h he proceeds` - in so unintentous a work—'---on the con, trary, we approve of that deliberate mode of proceed 7 ing which, while it guarantees the public that nothing wilt be done' rashly, also promises inure of steady per- Severithee than is ever to be emiected from the imps tuoni'fZeal, of more , intemperate reformers. , He • haS already Made some progress inrendering certain crimes better defined awn they:were, and also making certain punishments more. proportionate to the guilt of the offenders., though still a great deal remains to bedotie in both these respects. Bur there is one point to, which we would part-le i:lad dlrau his streaton. and that the 'experonvC,llo,S ( l';1111110. Lao to the poor. • This is a great grievaiwe, ;Aid utieu..caiasea guilt, to .go, unpunished .rnd innocence ,to , remain unvindicated.' As an instance, we would refer to the case recently re ported, which occurred, at Lambeth-street Poliee- : office before Sir William Daniella;: in that instance three defendants of the name of Long *ere convicted in the penalty of twenty shillingS each on a ,charge of ' malicious trespass. Th e y'det e rthined t o , appeal to the Sessions, conceiving that they had evidence to rebut the 'charge; :but on being informed, that if they should even succeed in quashing .the conviction,•the eitpenees'wouldamount to 101.—that is, by establish;- ing their innocence, they would be 71. out of pocket -they, of course, preferred, to pay the twenty Shillings each, rather than gain so dear an acquittal.--jbid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-H.OUSE.—THi. WAt.niect: CollrANY.—Yenter ditty Mr:'Fitich, the Solicitor of Coleman-street, applied to the Lotto Mitytitt for summonses . againat certain persons, who had obtained inoney on pretence of having certain advantages, of which those who paid the money should'participate. The Loan MAYOR---I ask you whether, as a lawyer, yon con sider you have legal grounds for your application. Mr. Finch assured his Lordship, that he had no doubt whatever on the point. The LORD MA volt, under these circumstances, permitted the solicitor to proceed with his statement. Mr. Pinch then read the following names, as set forth, of the Directors i f the Company ; part of them were fictitious names The lion. Washington Shirley, 26, Montague-street, Portman square ; Captain Page, East India-warehouse ; William Hall, Esq. , Crosby-square ; , and Thomas Emmett, Esq., Holborn. Then there were—Thowas Moore, Esq. ; P. P. Goldsinidt, Esq. ; Arnold Berger,. Esq. ; and Gottlieb Berger, Esq., whose names be (Mr. Finch) believed to be fictitious. The surveyor and engineer was W. J.. Hantock, Esq. ; the Assay Muter, P. N. Johnson, Esq., M. G. S. ; solicitors, Messrs. Tomlinson, Bernell, and Cooper; bankers, Sir J, Perring, Barber, Shaw, and- Co. ;' and secretary, Mr, N. G. Mitchell. .It was proposed that a capital of 500,000/. 'be raised, in 6,000 shares of 100/. each ; 11. to be paid on the allotment, and 2!. more on the report of a committee at a general meeting of proprietay. The prospeetus went on to state, that— " The possessions of his Serene highness the Prince of Waldeck have been long considered the most valuable in Germany, in gold, silver, copper, lead, and iron mines; (the latter' being in quality superior to the Swedish) ; but, owing to a want of sufficient capital and, machinery, they have been lying dormant, and now offer to British capitalists a most advantageous opportunity for public investment. " A grant duly ratified being obtained from his Royal Highness, it hi intended to form the shove association, for the p ur p ose o f working them with English machinery. Mr. Find) said be bad to adduce evidence of the strongest cha racter, namely, that of a witness who was present at the meeting of the proprietors. This witness stated that he was now clerk to Messrs. Dicken son., of Old Broad-street, solicitors. He had formerly been iu the service of the solicitors whose names had been procured for the prospectus,(on an assurance of its respectability), and had, 'in their behalf, attended the several meetings of the directors. Be lieving the statements set forth in the prospectus, be bought fifty shares, The Lotto Mavou asked hiin whether the grant from the. Prince was produced to the Shareholders. , The witness re pli e d, t h at t h ere were some . papers produced at one of the meetings by a German named Ashalt. They were in German, but no oue could read them,"' and every one presuMed that they ; were documents.-- . —(Laughter:) His Lintosette asked what were the number of - shares which were taken in this concern. Mr. Jellico said, that 2,000 shares were issued ;. 18,000 were applied for, and that 1,860 were paid upon. . The directors got 1/. upon each share. The person who was most concerned in the thing was a Mr. Mitchell, the 'iieeretary, of No. 6, Queen's-row, Walworth. In all the meetings which the witness attended, .the chief and only subject of disetission was; that of the means of keeping up their shares in the market. It was at first proposed to issue 6,000 shares, and to ask 81. on each, when Mitchell said t u l l i a e l y iy w o oul t d ilei n z er an let re t q h u e i i ret n i tip such t ti deposit . oaprentitim if they sent. out so Ile proposed the reduced number of 2,000, with the deposit of 11. per share. This proposition was , adopted. ,About March or April last, witness applied to Captain Page en the subject, when the latter avowed to him that they had never any intention of, working them, and that they merely, hraught it, forward to catch the Bears with. The Solicitor, in answer to 1441110 questions from the Lord Mayor, admitted that Mr. Halls and some (Alien' of the company were willing to settle the matter, and that it was expected that the others would be willing to come forward when they perceived the law afforded a remedy against them. The Loan MAYOR was of opinion, upon the ease, as stated and proved hefOre him, that an indictment would lie against the parties. Esq., the sitti ng Magistrate, MARLEOROUGH- STREET;--Yesterility, Charles Th omas TVA ite, charged with th e cr i me a booluelier, residi ng at No. 26 5, Hi g h Holborn, teas b r ought to this office l a custody, and placed at the bar, before H. of arson ; whos e examination ' we give in part yesterday, and which was not fi nished w h en p ress; we were obliged to go to pr • we li mit g ive further pa r ti cu l ars. Samuel Fur 2 man, the round-house keeper of St. Giles's p ar i s h, M. Drxx, stated, that on the kth of August last, he was callectto a fire that wa s discovered in. the prisoner's house, about two o'clock in the morning. When the 4a was got under, he proceeded to investi found that link, .12 as I ' I t e ga t e the cause, . an d , a sut ainpligt ra use, —1 Imuu iutroiluced between the lath and plaster of a small closet m.," ; - t. ...• this totcuni o,,,,ircase, and this link was found only pal , under , 1 . , . . li h tidily eonsumeu, !Iml" , "-...t 1 -1C-t,liteu preserved in Ow state in w hic h it was found. On fint:lg this link, witness observed to the pri soner, that all was not right as to this fire, the prisoner in reply said, that he could not think how in the name of God the fire ' happened, and denied that he or any body else. to his knowledge, had ever brought a link into the house. On the 18th of 'Septem- - her witness was again called at four o' c lo c k i n th e morningAoano ther fire in' the prisOner's house, and on entering the back parlour, Where the fire broke out, he found the fluor and closet at the cor-' ner of the hearth in a blaze, which, after a little time was extin guished. Ile then tore up the floor with a pole-axe, and found not only that the boards, but the joists underneath had been. on fire, and that three brinks had been recently removed from the party-wall. . Yesterday morning, at two o'clock, or very near it, the wit ness was a third time called to a fire at the prisoner's house, and on inspecting the premises, be found that the back parlour, near to the front shop, was on fire; the fire proceeded from behind an iron safe, which Was close s againt the Wain Scot, and filwi un der some shelves where the books were kept, the' light of the fire could he seen, and was first discovered by witness from a cellar beneath, and through the ceiling of which the blaze in the parlour could be distinguished, but there was nothing in this cellar, that could cause the fire below. On breaking lip the parlour floor with the pole-axe,' witnees's brother, Who accompanied him, thrust in his hand, and drew out of the hole where the fire took place, some shavings, and the place smelled very strongly of turpentine, and behind the iron safe was found the broken pieces produced of a large bottle, which evidently had contained turpentine.. Wit ness haVing subdued this fire, proceeded to the kitchen stairs, which, had also been o - s fire, but extinguished before he arrived ; he here found that the fire had occurred in the same closet under the stairs, as on the first fire, when the link was found, and that the stairs, which had been repaired with new wood, had been again consumed, and that a combustible liquid of some kind had been rubbed over that part of the staircase, fiir when witness ap plied a candle to it, it blazed in an instant. Witness afterwards. in the course of the morning, made another examination of the place, and found that one of the cellars down stairs was locked. He culled fir the key, and had it opened, when he saw that three holei were bored through the ceiling under the parlour, and on breaking down a part of the lath and plaster, another parcel-4_ shavings was found there, Mr. Anor.entra here observed, that this . last .witnese had pro duced a - broken bottle; which, he said, had contained turpentine, and which he had found behind the iron chest. Now this bottle was actually placed there by the servant girl, Catherine Taylor. Thu girl was questioned as to this fact, and said, that when, after the second fire, she found the bottle empty, she removed it from the press; and placed it on, but not behind the iron safe. 'Mr. AntmenuS said it was of very little consequence where it was placed ; for, after all, it was only a broken empty bottle, and not likely to set a house on fire;: in short, it was what is called a " bottle of smoke." The next witness was Mr. Bradford, oil and colour-man, No. 86, Broad-street.-:L-He deposed that on the 4th of August last, the day 'before the fire first occurred at the prisoner's house, a man, very much resembling in person the. prisoner at the bar, value to hisi4hop 'end purchased two lint , . Witness bad that morning. (yesterday),seen a morning Areas, the same here produced, and h e felt. confident than this dress was the ,some that. was wntu Ist tirr persbn to whom he sold the links. Mr. Anotelins here asked Mr. Turner if their us are "(he' witnesses for the prosecution? Mr. Turner replied there we several. Mr. Adolphus said, that in that case he would beg of the Ma gistrate to adjouin the east, as it would be impossible to ,get through it that day; it being then near four o'clock. Mr. Turner said that he had no objection, and the further in vestigation of the case' was adjourned until Wednesday best, and the prisoner sent until then to the House of Correction. The prisoner is a good-looking young man, about 25 years of age, and seemed not at all alarined at the charge. MARYLEBONE OFFICE.—On the 27th ult., Joseph Jackson, a baker, living at the corner of Riley -street, and Cleve land-street, was charged by the Imperial Gas-light and Coke Com pany with haying fraudulently caused a pipe to be laid in commu nication with one of the. Company's service gas-pipes, &c. Mr. RA WLI N SON convicted Mr. Jackson in the penalty of 501. for the first day, and MI. in addition, being 40s• a day for the IS subsequent days. He regretted that the tines were so heavy in their amount, and that he had no power to reduce them; bat as the whole amount went to the Crown, he suggested the possibility of Mr. Jackson's being able to obtain some remission by mono rialiaing the Lords of the Treasury. THAMES POLICE-OFFICE.---A Cypriot*, who gave her name ;Ann Coutes, in company with very spruce fashionably dressed young min, and who said his name was Jaw Syntpson. was brought up from Wapping watch-house charged by Jeffreys, with assaulting a sailor; in New Gravel-lane, apparently with the intent of robbing him. Jeffreys stated that he was going his rounds about two o'clock in the morning, in New Gravel-lane, when he saw the prisoners assaulting a sailor, and on his attempting to lay bold of the male prisoner, he ran away: Ea- pursued and took him into custody. The female made no resistance, and the watchman 'coming up at the time, conveyed her to the watch-house. On asking Sympaont what trade he was, the prisoner said he would not tell hint: when, on entering the witch-house, the prisoner said to him, " I know you well ; come, I will give you any money you like, if you' give the a good character before the Magistrates in the morning." Such anextraordinary proposal at once excited a suspicion in Jef freys's mind, and induced him to make some inquiry in the neigh bourhood of the Commercial road, where he learned that the prisoner has splendid furnished lodgings, in Which he keeps a dashing female, Whose personal attractions and dressy exterior has not only excited the surprise but the admiration of the neighbourhood, but he under -- 'tondo the prisoner indulges in the most strange fancies; he is constantly in the habit of going to law pot-houses, where, amongst the most degraded of the other sex, he spends many hours, where his unbounded liberality had made hint a sort of idol; he has been in the neighbourhood about four months. Hie favourite house of resort is the North Pole, 'where about a month ago he happened to be; a boy challenged him to toss up for some beer, when .he indignantly refused, saying, ' Oh, you stupid, did you think I Want money to buy beer," at the same time taking out of his pocket a handful of Sovereigns, observing, that if he could get money as he did, he would not be playing at toss. Jeffreys pro duced the boy, who confirmed this part of his story. Captain RICHBILL asked the prisoner what account he had to give of himself? The prisoner's Solicitor now came for Ward, and 'stated that the prisoner was a most respectable yOung gentleman ; that he was a travelling merchant, and At some periods of the year he was out six montbs, and his only fault was his great partiality fur the fair sex. Captain RICTIBILL inquired whether he had not some friends who would come forward and vouch for his respectability. The Solicitor said that he was a total stranger in London, and nO friends to come forward. Jeffreys, the officer, stated, that when in the watch-house, two gentlemen and a lady had come forward, and offered bail to any amount for the prisoner. The sailor upon whom the assault was committed cannot be found. p fo res rw se a d rd end Ca la p d t y ain wo ß u t i c d ri n u o r t t. c t om e e x h t i h s 2 1111 2o r r i u se i u t g lt a t t o e gentlemen r friend. The prisoner said he was an utter stranger in London, and it would be quite impossible for hirn.to procure bail. Captain Itzettnau. observed, that the account he had given of himself was but a very vague one. If he was a inerchant, surely he could get some respectable person with whom he had .dealings to come forward on his behalf. :The prisoner (emphatically) —I have' no friends in London ; it is impossible for ma to get boil. As to' the money, .I , often have much more than the sum found in my pessessi". • .The Solicitor strongly pressed for the discharge of the prisoner, but denied having any 'knowledge of his client. Captain Itrotam said, that under all the circumstances, he felt it his duty to detain the prisoner with so m e further inquiry should be made about him. . • The female was libertited on paying for her discharge, and the young gentleman was removed, see mingly greatly annoyed at hi s detention. In the amnia of the day, seve r al undoubted char ac t ers offered themselves as bail, but were refused. ,• • . The new Custom-house is proceeamg with great rapidity, the two wings being nearly secured. The is truly wonderful. mode in inwe expected e rite to be completed by June n ext . The is now supp orte d i s whole building ImprtovE mE NTS AT Hvnit-PARK-CO RNEK „ -- i s n v d e , n ; 71 offered, a year a go , to rebuild it on gratis, if the Gove rnors would give h i m We b e li eve that St. George's Hospital w ill b e remove d . t iL l i l os er°groon dwnGr ` l°' d ; but the application was not acceded to. Si nc e that period, however, th ere h as been an appli cation from another quarter— ye, nam 1 the king. Lord Robert Seymour made a communication to the Board at one of their last sittings.—Evening Paper. A woman iu Clones was c o m m i tte d to Monaghan g aol on Wednesday, for the murder - of her own child, —Dublin Patriot. DUBLIN. THE LORD MAYOR'S DINNER. The new Lord Mayor has conimenced his official• career inau spiciously. Ile revived " the Glorious Memory" at his dinner on' Saturday, -from the peaceful repose to Which it had bees con signed by the good sense of some of his late predecessors. It was not announced until late at night, after the members of the Vic. Regal Household and other persona of distinction (the Lord Lieu tenant was not present at all), had retired; but even this sacrifice to' bad passions should not have been made. We expected better taste from Alderman Tytulall. There was nothing calling for particular observation in the speeches. That which pleased us best was Sir George Murray's. It was a neat, well delivered military address. The speech that disappointed us most was Mr. Blackburn's, who returned thanks for the Attorney-General and Bar of Ireland ; yet, strangely enough, omitted all notice of the distinguished officer who is placed at the head of the profession. There was also a disposi tion observable in the second sentence the Learned Sergeant utter ed (we believed he spoke but two) to fall in with the prejudices of the corporation, which we thought unworthy of him. How he could have forgotten the Attorney-General, in his address, seemed to those, even of " the adverse faction," quite inexplicable. Mr. George Morris's was . the longest speech, but sufficiently common-place.—Freeniatt's Journal. r42IIIOItATION TO CANADA.—(From the Glasgow Free Press of.. Sept. 30.) —We give the following letter, in answer to a petition from an Emigration (-).- cietv here; which we transmitted, by special request, to P.arl Bathurst; Secretary to the Colonies "Downing-street, Sept. et 11326. " Sir,—l and directed by Lord Bathurst to acknowledge the receipt of your letter on the 2lst September, and I am to acquaint you, in reply, that the subject of emigration was submitted, in 6 ' course of last session of Parliament, to the consideration of * Committee of the House of Commons; whose report and evidence are now before the public. "It will be for Parliament, in the course of neat Stasi* t" consider; whether it may be expedient to adopt any measure wit!, respect to emigration f hut in the mean time, as no funds what ever luive been voted by Parliament, to facilitate this emigration of bodies or individuals, his Majesty's Government have not the means of wording encouragement to persons proceeding to his Majesty's dominions in North America, beyond grant of land, which they will receive on applying to the Governor of the Province, ,propoitioned to the means of cu ltivation which they may d e m ons t r at e th a t they respectively,trow". Far the same reasons, it must also be distinctly understo od, that free po.,:ge , are no longer granted by his Majesty's GOYerTlMellt. "1 am. Sir,_ your obedient servan t, "R. W. lIORTOIN "To !Ur. W. Northouse, Free Pr's' Otlier." a s settlers sstielep A rrae v gne r ie rd , i ( e ,, ;: iu o r t; .. 2 N oo e l ls ... (l s a t i: i l i at was accorded the e n o g n e s r e England, P r e Commander of the ;Pillion , Slllll2l, Li f t4 or ain P s u i t l t iC in e g ni them. • . l ir i t iel i l r o o e n duringsol s(e titti7spvoot3erag_beetsf,rzi MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON(AttheCourt o f e DIARY, ou S n a:LI isdio aY, ne O rs cl• l • . at a 11. C. Abraham, Roundsdit e h, oilman ....................... 11 Allsup, Flintshire, maltster .............•••••"' J. G. Foster, Phillimore-place, broker .... ......... .......... 1 D S. Gould, Isleworth, calico-printer .............................. J. II 'llitll, Highbury-termer, surgeon ..................... ..• G. Keating; Waterloo-road, linen-draper .................... ••• Palmer and Rieliardson, Liverpool and Dublin, N. Shiers, Aldermanbury, warehouseman .................. ••• 1 11 H. Wayland, Lad-lane, silk-warehouseman ........ . ......... COUNTRY v h eo ek,at t D be lA ß ß u Y ira H Sw ea Tr. co DA lr y igle O to G n sT . z : . ji g P. ti'eroniroo, Bristol—Rotel, Birmingham .. .......... ••• ll C. 8: Gilbert, Devonport—lintel, Devonport ......... .. • • j C I . 48, i n ° and Granger, Kniglatabtidge...—Lion, Honiton ••• 3 R. husband, Plymouth—Weakley:s, Devonport . ....... ' J. King, Burouglibridge— ittoria, Kingston .............. • D. Morgan, Neath—Ship, Neath ............................. . J. Oliver, Manchester—Star, Manchester .................. .• • „ J. Roberts, Ruthin—Crown, Denbiglt COTTON WOOL. LIST OF ISIPORTS ANI/ RXPORTS, IMPORTth. k X Rll,o' I tj • thie year. Same 'IC- This rim, last year. year. LiVerpool • London Glasgow •B i soc ° HO 1,180 Bags, &c. Bags &c 435,443 612, 121 54,14t1 6333 /4 20, 25 26,226 1n,1896 E2,8?4- Total eported Adatr5........ 32 0 8eaum0nt..,,....,.,, IP 9 HttworthPrimrose 31 03 Heaton 3 .0 Hebburn 114111—.. 35 3 33 0 Hertford 33 ti Killingworth ... 34 3 Main.--29 0 Pelaw ........ 31 3 Percy East 2t) 9 Pontop Windsor— VS 0 31 0 35'3WiUington Ships at Market, 'HE MARKET, HH ` tc 49,91 Tantleld Trader...9l - Dean's Printroevo Trader Htoanertley' •- LAS •-••••••''',.. ft 0 Coal 0 Tanby Coal s s 6 Ede NV all n § End Helton yfi Walls rand Poo t 6 SprillW ' Larobtoo I" 0 NV. E. Stewart s l 36 6 R uss ell's Helton an.. Walls 54%--"Vosol• AL MARKET.—OcT. 30 3 Walls End Bell's-. 35 3 WallsEndßewieke37 3 W. E. Rurraton— 35 0 W. E. 35 W. E. Hilda-- 32 3 W. E. Hotspur 33 3 W. E. Newmarch 35 3 W. E. Northumb. 34 0 W. E. Russell's 36 6 W. E. Riddell's 35 W. E. Walter-36 3 Pelaw Trader 31 3 ; 63--Ships sold, LIVER ------ CCIIA24GE.- - O rr ,, th e e bit` Although the.market to-day was pretty well attenn e ",! ,, ,h e i 09 sinew. done WAS very limited, at a decline of 2d. pe r Wheat, and Id. per 451 b. on Oats. Beans, Barley , , 3 floor i s deo articles were dull, and prices rather lower. B", - .., dull. Wheat in bond has been sold at the prices beL ° " * l isr4 a. (an. s. d* 1 6 0 s. d. .. d. 0 10ei , '0 8 9 4 9 0 " g 0 s 0 a O 0„ 00 03 a 0 0 u1:41 Other O Oa 0 0 -0 01 09 80a 0 ° 0 08 86 80a 9 9 6 41 •10 '7 6a 0 .3 Bs° 0 0 O 0a 0 _ °,, 0 0 a 0 0 510 a 0 v a 0 a 0 59a 610 ooago 0 $ O • 0 a 0 .- 43a 04 4 6 4 4a4 ; n 0 4 S a n 0 44a 4 ' OO A B _ 6 0 7 44 a a 0V • 0 8:t a , 1 : 00s ~ 0 7 9 a 0 ~ 0 0 a N 0 40 0a 56 ' 0 o' O 51 0a53 4O 0a 4 6 r t 9 • . 3 o ....41061b'" ______,„,__„,•_,_ . ..,,,, tra .. iour. new (In bond), 235. Od. to Mi. Od. Pe r '- la b0nd)...............»..., las. od. to 245, Od. 4 b0nd)........,........ 205. Od. to 315. Od. (free) ....•••••••................. ...ail OCI. to --s. tkl. 2. 051 1 0 IbipOßT-OP 0 ire for the Week ending O ct backs 1 wiIEAT. BARLEY. was. nowt. Bu 14 I Bushel 601151. Bushel4.slbs. Fur. listrels' sta. 1. 05 ,590 1,087 11 21,316 2293 Packs of anneal. of 2 N.. 1.936 Wheat, English, per ---Scotch c,ana4a (free), Foreign Foreign (in bond) Irish (redirivWl/.........044..... ......11•Www. Litt° (wh Barley, English, 13ertiOlbs. Foreign ( free ) Ler 601bs. --- 'lrish grindind Scotch per EOl Oats, Potato (Irish), per 451 ti s Limerick.. Scotch & Welch Potato, (erased Malt, Fine, Imperial —• Ditto, Middling, (Mb) ' Beans, per quarter, Superfine Flour, per ISOM.. Oatmeal, per 2401135. American Ili European Min (out Canada IRTH On the Sd inst., a t Usage B How,. erta , the lady YAst Barnet , of Sir Thos. Wh e l an , o f a son. ......—.............. r .............._ MARRIED. At Norwood Green, Middlesex , J. P. Bowan, El " ~. ° ril l i foed:•street, to Jane, eldest daughter of the late W. 17 .• : 114‘.- thwaite, Et+r au u's On the 2d inst., at D u nstable, Frederic Arnold, Es t , °' Z . p College, Cambridge, to Jane, eldeit daughter of the Fttr' " r. ' i- ' got, Rector of Doubtable. I- At St. James's Church, Westroinater, by the Rev. Hetol" - e - bel, Vicar of Wistow, Cat a i n illi am c ru i c ubliank, Of t 4 11 ` 4/. . Eaitindia Company's serv p ice, to w Catherine Sarah, sere° d ' aughts4 of Henna , ' Martens, rtAq., of . LeadenhaU. .-s___treet — -- On the 4th inst.., Catherine DI the wife of Mr. Law si JOIE of Ratcliffe Highway. ' son .1 ( 14 On the 3d in s t., at Peekham Ho use, Surrey, Hoof Eri t - nish ' .. in the 85th year of his age. On the Sd inst., in Baker-street, William Tower Sinitb, the ' s - `l'? of the Bengal Civil Service. dif On th e Sd in s t., at his residence in Eatnouth.street, of John Caley, F.sq. Glasgow, merchant. lie has bequeathed 4,5001. to v arious VI IP In Westmoreland-place, Benjamin Swor . d, Esq., forroerli , t)t. lie Charities, to be paid withou t any deduction. Oroci° Printed and Published by M. YOUNG, e t the Over Pio. Ile a Stood.